List of Abbreviations

• AF/AFN, Office of Northern African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AF/AFW, Office of West Coast and Malian Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AFB, Air Force Base
• AFN, Office of Northern African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AFP, Agence France Presse
• AID, Agency for International Development
• ALN, Armee de la Liberation Nationale; National Army of Liberation (Algeria)
• AMR, Atlantic Missile Range
• ANC, African National Congress
• ARMA, Army Attache
• BB, initials of Ben Bella
• BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• CAB, Civil Aeronautics Board
• CAC, United Nations Advisory Committee on the Congo
• CARE-MEDICO, Cooperative for American Remittances to Everywhere—Medical International Cooperation
• CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation
• CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
• CG, Consulate General
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, Armed Forces, Atlantic
• CINCSAC, Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command
• ColOff, Colonial Office
• COMAFELM, Commander, Air Force, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean
• COMNAVACTS, Commander of Naval Activities
• ConGen, Consulate General
• CONUS, Continental United States
• CPP, Convention People’s Party (Ghana)
• Cte, Committee
• CU, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State
• CY, calendar year
• DAC, Development Assistance Committee (OECD)
• DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
• Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
• Dept, Department of State
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• DG, Director General
• DL, Development Loan
• DLF, Development Loan Fund
• DOD, Department of Defense
• ECA, Economic Commission for Africa
• ECOSOC, Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
• EEC, European Economic Community (Common Market)
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• Exim, Export-Import Bank
• FAA, Federal Aviation Agency
• FBO, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Foreign Buildings
• FLN, Front de Liberation Nationale (Algeria)
• FonOff, Foreign Office
• FRC, Federal Records Center
• FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
• FRIA, international consortium operating a bauxite aluminum plant at Kimbo, Guinea
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• GA, United Nations General Assembly
• GDR, German Democratic Republic
• GMT, Greenwich Mean Time
• GOA, Government of Algeria
• GOF, Government of France
• GOG, Government of Ghana; Government of Guinea
• GOL, Government of Libya
• GOM, Government of Morocco
• GOP, Government of Portugal
• GOT, Government of Tunisia
• GPRA, Gouvernement Provisoire de la Republique Algerienne (Provisional Government of the Government of Algeria)
• GRAE, Government of the Republic of Angola in Exile
• GRN, Government of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
• GSA, Government of South Africa
• GSR, Government of the Somali Republic
• HIM, His Imperial Majesty
• HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
• IATA, International Air Transport Association
• IATSG, International Air Transport Study Group
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
• ICA, International Cooperation Administration
• ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization
• ICFTU, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
• ICJ, International Court of Justice
• IEG, Imperial Ethiopian Government
• ILO, International Labor Organization
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
• JFK, initials of John F. Kennedy
• JTF, Joint Task Force
• LA, Latin America
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MAP, Military Assistance/Aid Program
• MATS, Military Air Transport Service
• Memcon, Memorandum of Conversation
• MIG, A.I. MIkoyan i M.I. Gurevich (Soviet fighter aircraft maned for designers Mikoyan and Gurevich
• MNA, Mouvement Nationaliste Algerienne
• MOD, Ministry of Defense
• MPLA, Mouvement Populaire pour la Liberation d’Angola (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
• NAC, North Atlantic Council
• NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NBC, National Broadcasting Company
• NFD, Northern Frontier District (Kenya)
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• Noforn, no foreign dissemination
• NR, Northern Rhodesia
• NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
• NSC, National Security Council
• NYT, New York Times
• OAS, Organization Armee Secrete (Algeria)
• OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• OAU, Organization of African Unity
• OCAM, Afro-Malagasy Common Organization (francophone grouping)
• OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• OPLAN, operation plan
• OSD/ISA, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Bureau of International Security Affairs
• PAC, Pan-Africanist Congress (South Africa)
• PAFMECA, Pan-African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa
• PAG, Provisional Algerian Government
• PC, Patrol Vessel, Submarine Chaser
• PGAR, Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic
• PL, Public Law
• PM, Prime Minister
• POLAD, Political Adviser
• Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council to the Department of State
• PROVEX, Provisional Executive (Algeria)
• RCA, Radio Corporation of America
• RG, Record Group
• RMA, Royal Moroccan Army
• RMAF, Royal Moroccan Air Force
• RSAF, Republic of South Africa
• SA, South Africa
• SAA, Special Assignment Aircraft
• SAAF, South African Air Force
• SAC, Strategic Air Command
• SAG, South African Government
• SC, United Nations Security Council
• SCP, Security Classification Procedure
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State when he is away from Washington
• Sov, Soviet
• SR, Southern Rhodesia
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• SWA, South West Africa
• SWAPO, South West Africa Peoples Organization
• SYG, Secretary-General of the United Nations
• TIAS, Treaties and Other International Acts Series
• Topol, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the United States Permanent Representative at the North Atlantic Council
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State when he is away from Washington
• TVA, Tennessee Valley Authority
• UAM, Union Africaine et Malagache (African and Malagasy Union)
• UAR, United Arab Republic
• UGTA, Union Generale des Travailleurs Algeriens (General Union of Algerian Workers)
• UK, United Kingdom
• UN, United Nations
• UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• UNIP, United National Independence Party in Northern Rhodesia
• UNSYG, United Nations Secretary-General
• UPA, Union des Populations d’Angola (Union of Angolan Populations)
• UPI, United Press International
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USCINCEUR, United States Commander in Chief, Europe
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USN, United States Navy
• USNAVEUR, United States Naval Forces, Europe
• USOM, United States Operations Mission
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• USSTRICOM, United States Strike Command
• USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations
• VALCO, Volta Aluminum Company, Ltd.
• WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• ZAPU, Zimbabwe African Peoples Union